The House of Peril is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Fay Compton, Roy Travers, Flora le Breton and A.B. Imeson. It is an adaptation of the novel Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes. The film follows Sylvia Bailey, a wealthy widow who travels to a French gambling resort where she encounters assorted characters.
, 1h52 Directed bySidney Gilliat OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ActorsRichard Attenborough, Alastair Sim, Wylie Watson, Fay Compton, Susan Shaw, Joyce Carey Rating68% The film concerns the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Among them are the landlady, Mrs Vizzard (played by Joyce Carey), who is a widow and a believer in spiritualism; Mrs Josser (Fay Compton), Mr Josser (Wylie Watson) and their teenage daughter (Susan Shaw); the eccentric spiritualist medium Mr Squales (Sim); the colourful Connie Coke (Ivy St Helier); and the young motor mechanic Percy Boon (Attenborough) and his mother (Gladys Henson).